now prime minister not a lot of calm has also not ruled out radiation leaks from fukushima number two with a second plug that has to be noted response it's run by tokyo electric power company now this it has been shut down after the earthquake occurred on friday however the reactors course still remain hot and it's the cooling system that has malfunctioned it cooling system to keep the temperatures out this is what's not working and this is what is causing the state of emergency right now again there are about fifty one thousand residents who have been moved who have been evacuated from the immediate vicinity there again initial reports that four people have died have been killed or injured about this sorry injured after an explosion that's initially reported at the a fukushima power plant which has been a monitored since the earthquake eight point nine earthquake hit friday afternoon in japan again initial reports there of an explosion according to our

correspondents who is in tokyo japanese t.v. has been showing images of smoke white smoke coming out there are reports that smokes have smoke have been seen after an explosion at the plant so again the problem here right now that they're facing is that the cooling system is still not working it has been more than twenty four hours and now in japan since the earthquake struck and the cooling systems started malfunctioning the first one now is already said to be experiencing explosions initial reports coming in we need to have more details on what exactly is going on where the explosion has occurred which part of the plans and what exactly the consequences of that will be however the prime minister. did not rule out radiation leak from a second unit which is close to the first one that we have just been reporting on radiation levels which has been worrying the governor. because it affects the

people living around the area the radiation levels are a thousand times more than normal. most of the fifty one thousand residents living within the direct descendants we have been evacuated just to give you an idea of what you're looking at right now this is the of devastation caused by the massive tsunami some reports saying reach reached up to seven meters seven meters wall of water just eating up everything in its path this is our results of the eight point nine earthquake so the devastation being caused by the earthquake the tsunami now a nuclear alert in japan most of this it's been reported in the northeast that about a million households are without water at the moment about four million households do not have electricity again this you're looking at dramatic pictures we've been getting since the earthquake and then the tsunami hit japan a massive wall of water just eating up everything in its path once again just to remind you of the latest reports coming in from japan. it is said it is said that

the outer structure of one of the four buildings of the plant is no longer there well that's an initial report another report saying that four have been injured after an explosion in our correspondent saying national t.v. in japan are showing images of the fukushima plant building light smoke after eye witnesses said there has been an explosion this is all the result of that massive earthquake eight point nine earthquake but it had japan of course concern goes far beyond japan first the tsunami alert has been raised in various parts of the pacific all the way to the u.s. west coast and now the threat coming from those nuclear plants are worrying our residents in the southern region that is in russia's far east they are on high alert as well it is if to give you an idea of the geography it's to the north of japan so all this is happening north east of the country well again you're looking

at pictures of the nuclear power plant the fukushima plant it has been mentioned over and over because it has been in this state of emergency since the earthquake hit the cooling system is not happened i was not working and now there are reports of an explosion initial reports we have yet to find out where exactly it occurred why it happened is it because of the cooling system not working is it because of something else we have to get more details of that but there are initial reports of an explosion in japanese t.v. chilling images of smoke billowing from that plant so again at least four people are said to have been injured following an explosion reported explosion near the fukushima daiichi plant has been worrying people because this fire has been declared in a state of emergency i witnessed this have been reported reported seeing experiencing shaking and white smoke the media has also been a showing images of the plant is said to be facing a possible mess. earlier just

a few hours ago japan's nuclear safety commission. there's a possibility that the nuclear plant could experience a meltdown so they're checking on whether the a meltdown have taken place will take place or what the what the consequences what the actual state of it is right now at the fukushima daiichi plant so earlier just to remind you japan's nuclear safety commission had said that there is a possibility of the melt out of the nuclear power plant this again is a result of the cooling system of the rationing down after the earthquake the cooling system is a necessity here just to give you an idea of how these things work the reactors cool remain very hot although they have been shut down after the earthquake for safety reasons the reactors remain hot and need cooling and it is the cooling system not working that is creating this a danger of danger of explosions danger of radiation levels still going higher

right now it's reported to be at a thousand times normal levels this is very worrying especially for the people living within the direct city according to the nuclear safety commission about fifty one thousand residents most of them at least have been evacuated now we're getting reports that the japanese government spokesman will address the press in about ten minutes and explain what's happening and what exactly is happening because these initial reports coming in painting a quite a worrying picture so we're going to hear from the a japanese government spokesman in about ten minutes time we'll try to bring you the latest on that as it comes to us again or just the latest reports that we're hearing of four have been injured at the fukushima plant this is to the northeast of the country it has been the focal point of this a nuclear alert after an eight point nine earth. structure friday afternoon the

government had raised a state of emergency since the earthquake. struck japan now it's said that there have been evacuations already well as this has been unfolding of course we have correspondents on the ground and now let's go over to ivor granites who is in a tokyo for us ivor so once again can you bring us the latest that you're hearing on this is a really worrying development with the new nuclear power plant in fukushima. way some hearing here is that actually out of the four walls in that plant at. daiichi has actually collapsed now. from what's believed to have been an explosion they still don't know they are still can't confirm that it was in the explosion but as you said their fear is that the plant has lost its cooling system there of course on japanese television and check japanese media here is

a coolant in the system that used to cool down the reactor following it being switched off after the earthquake is the temperature there is actually over one hundred degrees centigrade which suggests that it's actually had the cooling system knocked out it's not working anymore there and from then on the fear is that it's going to melt down and that's what's believed to have caused the tension explosion still seeing white smoke on japanese television coming out of the. nuclear reactor bear in shima and the government has actually evacuated the people living in three kilometers radius of that plant fearing the nuclear fallout is there are reports the japanese media saying that radiation levels in that area twenty times higher westen agencies saying that they're a thousand times harder not ok well what has been of the reaction on the ground by

people there they're the ones who would be directly affected if the radiation levels really reaches such high levels what has the reaction been there has it been why has it been a state of panic. panix definitely not the word quiet yes eerily familiar actually and one boring it's should be rush hour and here in tokyo it's about five thirty out in the streets there on central tokyo it's there's not a soul is eerily quiet very very strangely but coming from the airport it took me four and half hours had to get three different trains and a taxi normally it's one train takes about an hour such was the drop with the infrastructure and those trains are absolutely packed with people people work there all the japanese people who have landed in tokyo scheduled to land they haven't come back particularly as a result of this earthquake but they're all people i spoke to desperate to get back to see their loved ones they're worried about people here because simply wouldn't

aren't really sure of the effects of this earthquake as we came into. land showed you had a very clear sky so we could see what the effects of the tsunami was and didn't seem to be that visible damage around tokyo but you could see on our approach the number of fields submerged with water. as a result of this thirty three foot tsunami that was the first tsunami after that earthquake yesterday and today point nine elsewhere infrastructure in just in tokyo the capital that's down severely suffered incredibly act no visible signs of damage in the capital but the train system that's been that's crippled it in that it's really not functioning normally at all one train every two hours or so that's why everyone's act on that phone networks and the internet connections are also suffering it. well thank you very much for that update ivor bernard tull kill for

us. i will of course say it's not just your panel that is on high alert russia's far east which is situated close to japan or it is to the north of japan may potentially be affected by any radiation if it does leak the artes correspondent is joining us live from the region effectively you know search over here for us i think will just tell us oh well salim is quite close so how are people reacting to these initial reports. tell us that we are in the not in the immediate proximity but this is the part of russia which is the closest to japan and which is the closest to. the place where the nuclear power plant tragedy is now unfolding and it's not quite clear what the consequences of a possible potential cattlemen contamination could be and despite local authorities are reporting that residents remain calm and business goes around as usual here in

the city of usual supply lines which is the capital of the region that includes it's a highly income trap and the coral islands it seems however that people are constantly monitoring what is happening and in fukushima in particular we've also heard people talking that they were searching the city's pharmacies for their personal geiger counters to to measure the consumation they really ation levels this is actually quite hard to find on it we can't here in this city unless you work or in a hospital as a doctor or as a nurse before following friday's natural disaster in japan they were mostly afraid that another its tsunami could come to the coast of russia the one with much more you re the one which is with much more force but their main war is now are about a possible radiation consuming nation. well despite authorities. say

that there is no danger of another. and that. that alert has been looted we know from fisherman working here in civilian is that they're receiving reports from other fisherman on the grill i learned that there is still a possibility of another tsunami as waves go up as high as three meters that was on saturday morning i would know the eleven thousand people have been already evacuated from the coral islands to search areas which are safe from in case if. there are large it and rescuers urge people to move deeper inland the chair is above the sea level. well it still remains to be seen how events will be unfold it will be of course many stories of the leaders but as i've said the most worries summer weather forecasts for residents living on the coral islands which are in japan's neighbor who's in immediate city to japan just several miles away from three pounds of coastline ok but what is the track record of the region in

handling such not natural disasters. well the region has had experience in the past of handling similar disasters this is the mooste this is the region with the worst record in terms of safety good t.v. in russia and one of the most dangerous in the world some of the world's most gruesome and terrifying earthquakes to place here that wasn't in that nine hundred ninety five when i am not quake similar to the one that happened in japan on friday claimed the lives of over two thousand people and also in the soviet union on punch out because there was a similar earthquake saw of course local residents are well aware that our weather here is unstable and that there could be a chain reaction and they're on high alert that another tsunami could come there

sure is the one we could be stronger and could be more furious ok well thank you very much for that update are you know gretsch over from russia's far east. ok well just to give you a reminder there are initial reports of an explosion to be a focal plant and the nuclear safety energy agency is to hold a press conference very soon now russia has significant experience in dealing with nuclear disasters after the deadly explosion in a church noble almost twenty five years ago well just to give you a look these are the latest pictures of the plant that is to be that is on nuclear alert a state of emergency. because of a cooling system that has malfunctions after the eight point nine earthquake that

struck japan friday two forty six pm now and now they really are getting reports that radiation has been detected near the power plant. so the initial reports we got after after the state of emergency has been alerted by the government that the radiation levels is one thousand times more above normal level so that is a significantly higher level than what is supposed to be just to explain to you why this is happening be a cooling systems of the reactors. are not working and therefore it still remains very very hot at the fukushima power plant the latest that we're getting is that four have been injured after witnesses say he saw an explosion this summer reporting that there was shaking there are that there is white smoke now you can see on your screens a live picture as you can see the white smoke that we've been reporting coming from

the fukushima plant as this is the this is the north east of the country again the latest pictures the latest pictures coming that this has also been airing on the japanese television white smoke seen explosion reported at the fukushima plant but details have yet to be announced the japanese government spokesman will be holding a press conference to explain just exactly what is going on what caused the explosion of where it's coming from because so far we've been reporting that it's a cooling systems that have been malfunctioning since the eight point nine earthquake and now there has been an explosion it's also been reported that the outer walls of the plant have collapsed but again more details to come we're going to wait for that press conference from the government to explain exactly what is going on which part of the plant has exploded the state of emergency there since the eight point five earthquake evacuations have taken place about fifty one

thousand residents have been evacuated according to worship has nuclear safety commission again just to remind you japan is suffering from devastation caused by. a massive earthquake and then a massive tsunami that has affected the coastal regions and now it's a nuclear watch people are concerned at the level of radiation and not it's not just in japan concerns alert levels are high on russia's far east as well which is to the north of japan just once again to give you an idea of what you're looking at it is the fukushima plant this is operated by the tokyo electric power company they have about six they have six plants in the north east of the country five or so to be in a state of emergency they did shut it down after the earthquake a but the reactors core still remain hot and a cooling system that has not been working is what is causing all of this worry

worrying developments of the latest again we're hearing. you're seen at pictures earlier of white smoke white smoke coming from the fukushima plant. give you an idea of the effects of the people around it said that in the north east about one million households do not have water about four million do not have power a massive evacuations have taken place because of the earthquake the tsunami and now the danger is coming in from the fukushima nuclear power plant this has been the focal point of the reports because here it's where the cooling system have been reportedly. malfunctioning since the eight point nine earthquake struck japan a friday afternoon so the latest we're hearing for have been insured the outer walls of the plant has reportedly collapsed earlier we saw pictures of white smoke coming from the plant it's also the prime minister had also said that he does not rule out

radiation leaks from a second unit in the fukushima plant that's very close to the first one that has been problematic from the very start revealed. the devastation are caused by the earthquake and the tsunami in japan and they're still. struggling to find it casualties are the number the death toll that we're getting it's one thousand right now according to the government but of course this number is expected to rise because there are reports of still thousands missing are reported missing and feared dead so again the latest pictures here we're showing you just in the last few minutes coming in that white smoke coming from the fukushima plant it's been reported that there has been an explosion it's not clear where the explosion where exactly in the plant because we know that the problem has been in the cooling system from the saw the cooling system was malfunctioning but now there's been an

explosion japanese government spokesman will address the press and explain exactly what's going on how many have been hurt the damage caused and important for the people around the area the radiation levels reports that the radiation has been reported to be high initial reports on one of the plants in fukushima there are six there one of the plants reportedly at one thousand times normal levels so that is worrying for people around the vicinity in the vicinity of those power plant again latest pictures coming from japan white smoke from the fukushima plant which we have been monitoring since the earthquake because of the state of emergency issued by the government since the earthquake eight point nine earthquake struck friday in japan causing the cooling systems necessary to keep the reactor score a level not a not high level and now we're seeing reported explosions and white smoke coming

from it so again we're waiting for the japanese government to explain exactly what's. has happened there we're getting a lot of of bits and pieces of reports we'll wait for the government to rick's plane now we did speak earlier to our correspondent who is saying that it's eerily quiet in a tokyo but it has been crowded in transportation the networks and so that's the latest on the ground from japan and while we are this incident happening right now reminds us of a nuclear disaster intra nobile a russia has had significant experience in dealing with such disasters after the deadly explosion in the chair mobile that took place almost twenty five years ago well let's go to our correspondents ok what we have a correspondent standing by in and here he will give us but first let's go live

now to the government spokesman from japan we've been waiting for this let's listen to him right now the following areas in the eastern part of the pacific coast of hokkaido the central part of the pacific coast of hokkaido the western part of the pacific coast of hokkaido the coast of ebon arche prefecture the coast of new prefectures both of. the coast of what are you are not prefecture the coast of course she prefecture the coast of meals likely prefecture the outer ocean coast of eastern congo she might prefecture the coast of the trying to go and islands the coast of the. islands but the waves can be up to two meters high in some of the areas mentioned everyone near the coast must

evacuate to higher ground to. meet you. think things you type in yeah yeah yeah a show here. food. he. was saying that waves are up to two meters high in the coastal areas and he's requesting evacuation of residents around in the coastal areas affected by two metre high waves let's listen in again. yeah i'm. late for the you know english translation of what's happening he did mention a central and western parts of ohio and other areas prefectures in the coastal areas experiencing to meet her high waves he had requested for immediate evacuation of those air yes but we are waiting for him actually to tell us exactly what is has

happened is happening at your focus she my daiichi power nuclear power plant where initial reports say that at least four people have been injured following a blast and you can see on your screens white smoke coming up from the fire still unclear as to what exactly happened there well again as i was mentioning earlier russia has had significant experience after your noble a disaster almost twenty five years ago let's just cross live first our correspondent let's say out of shape ski who is here before us alexei can you just tell us you know russia is getting ready to help japan in if should anything happen to the nuclear power plant there now looking back at chernobyl twenty five years ago what comparisons can we draw from what has happened and what is happening in japan. well all along we've been saying that the similarities between what's

happening right now in japan and what happened in chernobyl twenty five years ago are not that great but as this story is developing we're seeing more and more similar signs between the two events now the most worrying sign is definitely the white smoke coming from the nuclear power station because this is exactly what happened at the chernobyl nuclear station twenty five years ago you know all the people involved in the liquidation process in the cleanup operation of the chernobyl fallout they told me they've been telling me all along that the radiation which was emitted into the atmosphere have been. color only slight trace of white smoke was coming out from the cracked open reactor now obviously this is what's happening in japan and this is giving a lot of war to experts around the globe and indeed the radiation is described by them as an invisible enemy you can't ever see it it kills you. whatever you go with just cannot be seen in the air or some particles of it cannot be seen floating in

the air indeed the reactor at the fukushima plant in japan is a lot more powerful than the one ensure noble and consequences of this explosion could be drastic would be much more grave than that which or not will pull out which i remind to the view was the still is history's biggest manmade nuclear disaster and consequences of this fallout have been felt everywhere across the european continent and the radiation wave in fact reached as far as the eastern coast of the united states so in this case should the nuclear accident be confirmed in japan the radiation could affect seriously affect russia's mainland in the far east some parts of china to a large extent the korean peninsula and other countries of the region this could be a serious damage and threat to the environment everywhere across japan however some

experts in the united states for now say that the wind is blowing east towards from japan and should some radiation be emitted from the cracked reactor in the fukushima plant and most of the radioactive material would find itself in the middle of the pacific may be reaching probably this may happen if the wind blows very strongly that was the case twenty five years ago in fact during the trouble full out because it all depended on the where the wind was blowing the direction of the wind. people in kiev were lucky to escape serious radio actor. damage because when they fall out when the splosion at the plant happened the wind was blowing north north in the north western direction and this affected some areas of. unpopulated areas but of course some parts of the radioactive emission reached up and in several days the high radioactive levels were detected in sweden this

obviously led the whole world to believe that something was wrong in the soviet union which of course kept the chernobyl fallout a secret so in this situation we're seeing right now we've been receiving very very different reports from the japanese government and this is on the side of the plant first the government has been saying that the situation has been kept under control that the steam pressure inside the reactor. was seriously dropped now we have this reports of explosion and white smoke coming out of the reactor indeed you can blame the authorities for that they're trying to avoid any and of course we are anticipating some explanation from the authorities during this press conference we are getting right now is the moment but indeed the situation intern or both and the blonde are beginning to look more similar with every hour of this developing story ok thank you very much nic keep giving us perspective on how to.